Roll out the shock parade ...Free falling from a stage ...I hang the devil from a circus wire ...It's time to live it's time to love ...Roll out the shock parade ...Free falling from a stage ...Freaks falling from the stage

Is illa but on the rilla...For the words...ing but baking soda the...Ahead in the chase and hide...Behind the wheel...And listen to the homies brag about...The cross game, wear ri...Holla at the guard if you a rap ...Nickel plated, now the engergys penetrated...To put you in the firing line on vale...Split the middle of the swicher then add the blueberry... not a damn fool, I live bay rules..., and I'm greedy to the brain...You know the pit bull is off the chicka-chicka-chain...Crate-a-lane, on the freeway of pain... hearts and I pound the sky larks...Petal to the medal in my wu-tang...New suede, from the stage to the grave...s, means pistols in the shade...d a little color to the picture frame...The rhyme cheetah, throw on the wife beater...Venom in the soul and I'm ready ...n a child cries, in the heart a father dies...Punch you in the eye to let you know...Bumpin see-bo on the way to Tahoe...I'm stage left, at the store remian chef...k it up and keep it from the A-T-F...The barracuda, yo the rhyme roof shoota...Runnin down the stairs of the project do a...And rip it in the lobby man while kic...You say the word, then here come the words put

Feel the rush ...[Talib over the repeated line] ...et Chuck D'd, "Shut the Fuck down") ...It might be the career (yo) ...It might be on the stage (yo) ...It might be in the street (yo) ...But the people come to me (...They come to me for the lyrical, spiritual,...Visual, on the mic I'm un-fuck-wit...For the hardcore, art of wa...Do the album with Kweli, w...I'm the illest emcee and a ...and put my hands in the dirt ...With the proper execution so I'm killin' the mic ...r standin' still in the light ...style, be -boy, hit the block ...Yo, I make the place go apeshit (c..." seen and heard in the flesh ...many people believe the word even when it s... observation I peep the game ...is hands, I can see the stains ...I'm sharp like the blade in the logo of Rawkus Reco..., niggaz beefin' on the mix-tape ...We about to live it up, with ten of ...We ride and you live with us ...u can find Kweli in the cut, wth a Cohiba l...Broadcastin' live, from Brooklyn, New York ...Feel the rush ...Feel the rush

help me welcome to the stage ...all the way live from Los Angeles Califo...my moms who gave me the birth right ...nfidel you was weak from the start ...n like Moses parted the sea ...ch don't glitch for the popular ...The record spins at 33 ...The shinin' star win an...my moms who gave me the birth right ...will to ill and get the crowd hype ...Evidence we from the mental we keeps it ... with simplisity to the utmost ...These comedians on the mic yo yo I think t...Feel the gun from my burning tongue ...Lightening bolts from my throat ...exists no way up in the pro game ...I get calls on the phone "No he's not ...ers PLEASE leave me the fuck alone ...Live Liquid pro ...Beyond what the eye can see Heru sp... that's what counts the most ...gold plus steel for the raw deal" - Defari

Hey, what it is, the king back in the buildin' ...Spend a day in the Ville, on how you s...Niggas could never live how I live, you ain...eye, like I been in the service ...The closest thing your ...The rolls gold king, my...The dream I stop 'fore I seen the top (nigga) ...I treat the beats like the streets, I'ma do wh... ain't representin' the south, you just emb...The reason why D.J.'s a...King of the south, it was said ...On the low deal a mil, I a..., scene fled, 'fore the feds runnin' in ...Comin' live from the Terra-Dome ...ver known, is 28 in the zone ...c ain't shit unless the click ride to it ...d I'ma show you how the Westside do it ...In the A, not Cali, bank h...ssycats can't worry the dog ... throwin' stones at the throne, I'ma bury y... and blow it all at the mall, and man I ...ousin talkin' to me from the grave

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(I got ta) Pick up the mic on a soul tip ...) Learn a lot about the whitey ...(I got ta) Invest the rest, avoid the diches ... enough shows cause the rent's due ...(I got ta) Grab the mic from the stage and ...(I got ta) Teach the youth that they cap...(I got ta) Show the ghetto is escapable...(I got ta) Get on the floor with a fly st... up my fist, that's the power sign ...(I got ta) Pick up the microphone and rag ...(I got ta) Heat up the party like a sweate...(I got ta) Learn from the mistakes that I've ...(I got ta) Live my life by the day ...) Go to school with the other man ...community and still live happily ...(I got ta) Carry the crowd like a duffle...(I got ta) Remember the Benz that my man dr...(I got ta) Recall the first day he bought... got ta) Say he was the man among back ...Ten workers on the ave selling smack ...But I got to enjoy the life of the law-abiding black k...And that's what the struggle for equali...I got to understand the pain and strife of the next man ...I got to convert the color of you shirt from blue to white colla..., and thank God for the freedom of speech ...use my knowledge of the English language to...r Cee, Steady Pace, the whole Action Posse ...The whole Action Posse, the whole Action to the third power movemen

m talking oceans in the back...I really came from nothin' though...Out the manor in front of g...Protected by the planes...Momma fall back from them lames and fly with the best...Never underestimate the other guys greed...Game given from a snake indeed...Keep the force with you...Fuck with the real niggas see how...We used to chill at the crib ... for homie to bring the instrumentals throu...To ever live in scwaler...I'm in there like I live there...hough you living in the same world im in di...I rep my set from the stage to the coffin...ned to read between the margin

They go like the last light of the sun, all in a blaze...They live their lives in sad ...Before the world has done its ... they'll never know the pain ...Or the many years forgetti...The ones who gave the crown have been let...nding you never saw the eyes ...Or kissed you on the cheek ...eally move across a stage ...worry about missing the next chord ...Except the tunes and whatever ...I live from day to day ...They go like the last light of the sun, all in a blaze...ve seen it all they live their lives

know its people in the world I'd die for ...ssion to put you in the mood ...ou knew what it was from da start ...and I'm just the typa nigga that'll ... if I wanted to see the world you was down ...for quaility time I live on the stage ...so what's the deal? with the sad thing, the mad thing? ...holdin hands up on the beach you use to lo...5, you know I do it live ...I made my way up to the front, and out the back do' ...know that I'm still the same ...we was friends from the start it ain't gon'

They go like the last light of the sun, all in a blaze...They live their lives in sad ...Before the world has done its ... they'll never know the pain ...Or the many years forgetti...The ones who gave the crown have been let...nding you never saw the eyes ...Or kissed you on the cheek ...eally move across a stage ...worry about missing the next chord ...Except the tunes and whatever ...I live from day to day ...They go like the last light of the sun, all in a blaze...ve seen it all they live their lives

Say, this is the realist shit I ever...'Bout the realest nigga these...The closest homeboy tha...t met, we wasn't on the same page...From pettiness understan...Put P A on the map and maybe make ...Then hit the streets with a big ..." took off and went live...Put the remix on "Menace" s...Got, love in the streets and played on the air...But the homey putting us ou...But sometimes the other side ain't al... got caught up with the drugs and the hoes...at was happening on the real...oney and concealing the price...He had us doing all the work but was keeping the biggest slice...But by the time we did, all the paperwork was in ru...Nigga kept all the receipts so we coul...The next thing you know...Remixed the management team and...Cussed out the GM, almost got put on the shelf... instant classic in the South...Reclaimed the southern title, shu...Got some clout in the game, boys calling us the greatest...The old manager calling...nd put a padlock on the everything we tryin...Put a call out to the Prince, this nigga ...We got heat for the streets, and we can't keep the people waiting... and folks, telling the man...Young Pimp got the plan, Bun got the drawl...We got the big bosses on the same page...g Pimp went hit 'em from center stage...ow we got this call from the N.Y.... 3" and got a track from Timb...And we got a call from Jive that left us a...stated, that due to the success of the track...Get another beat from Timb, then get a verse from Jay...Let Hype shoot the video and we'll be on the way...ght take a nigga to the top...mn near a year till the buzz got cold...em and went back to the basics...to find ways to get the fuck up out the matrix...But that's around the time that Pimp caug...We finish the album, got ready to...ys done, we back to the nitty-gritty...Strongest on the block, nobody could...e right back before the judge...op and caught me in the crosses... cold, CEO, now I'm the fucking boss...Had the devil on my back, g...k up on my grind on the double...Then push away from the devil and get close...Pimp the pen like never befo...ot to mention I got the world screaming fre...arole and they open the doors...orry about nothing, the world is yours

We're coming to you live from the Scottish Right Temp...Near the intersection of Cre..., as you can see in the background ...Despite the quiet and the deceptive calm, ten...thick in the air after last nigh...The incident was allege...Words spitoon from sunlight to moon ...Bustin' on stage like gunfight saloo...porters with orders from headquarters ...lines, sidestepping the borders ...The streets love my cre...Here to fight the slander with the proper propaganda ...The news is just a TV s...And this, from a quiet wartime jou...And the illest weatherman in the biz, I'm storm watc...[Scratching] I make the people listen boogy...Glory, The pen is mighter than the sword ...'Cause the pen gives the word sending swords...litical power comes from the barrel of a gun ...The officer meets his f...Witnesses against the state are shushed ...Facts overlooked so the judge can throw the book ...In the city where they blew the roof off and move ...The principles are the same even without the name ...But just being the thinker than speaki

The greatest stage show you've ever wi...Appearing live, from out the 2-1-5, The Roots crew ...Big respect to the Get fresh, yes ... show and fellas on the mic ...We swear, the illest star rappers of the year ...ou didn't know it's The Roots Show ...ere's Malik?) Aiyo, the brother is late ...Told him the time, oh, I forgot the date ... we go, did we miss the show?) ...hen we came up with the squad that's called The Roots crew ...be , and Rahzel from the NYC ...Just peep out the ill my man display ...And I'm known for the....... ...and not for the........ ...Rahzel the Godfather, the entertainer ...In the past generation, I am the remainder ...d I'm also known as the beatbox trainer ...Hopped up on the train headed for 2-...) like she was Tony the Tiger ...w and yeah, we rock the house, why'nahI'msa...And when I'm on the mic, there won't be... that record Jam on the Groove ...The Roots are.... ...Come up Dice Raw, the 5th Dynasty ...ndin out a shout to the Get Fresh Crew